This presentation introduces the use of Y-DNA testing for genealogy.  After a light overview of Y-DNA test results and how they differ from autosomal testing, most of the time is spent on how those test results can reveal ancestral connections no longer documented in traditional records, and how those in turn can become additional genealogical evidence.   The talk concludes with a case study example from the presenter’s own research.  

Dave Vance has been a genealogist for over 40 years and active in genetic genealogy since 2005. He is the author of “The Genealogist’s Guide to Y-DNA Testing for Genetic Genealogy: Second Edition” published in 2024 (first edition in 2020). Dave is also the author of the SAPP tool for Y-DNA phylogenetic trees and from 2021 to 2025 he served as editor for the Journal of Genetic Genealogy.

In late 2024 Dave was hired as General Manager responsible for FamilyTreeDNA, a genetic genealogy division within the Gene By Gene/MyDNA company portfolio. 

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